Even on the most solemn occasions I got away without wearing socks and hid that lack of civilization in high boots

To be sure, it is not the fruits of scientific research that elevate a man and enrich his nature, but the urge to understand, the intellectual work, creative or receptive.

It is best, it seems to me, to separate one's inner striving from one's trade as far as possible. It is not good when one's daily break is tied to God's special blessing.

Those people have seen 'something'. What it is I do not know and I can not care to know.

You can never solve a problem with the same kind of thinking that created the problem in the first place.

The only mistake in life is the lesson not learned.

Our death is not an end if we can live on in our children and the younger generation. For they are us; our bodies are only wilted leaves on the tree of life.